Competition is underway to decide history

A highlight of many students’ college career is competing at the National Collegiate Dairy Judging contest, now held at World Dairy Expo. The coveted Otto Schnering Trophy has been awarded to the National Champion since 1953. Read more

Smartphone app provides user tools to make trade show time more effective.

Expo week was a successful venture for many, whether they walked the colored shavings, worked the trade show, or came to learn more about the dairy industry.

Saturday, October 8 marked the end of yet another World Dairy Expo for both commercial and registered dairy cattle enthusiasts. Eastside Lewisdale Gold Missy, a Canadian Holstein, took Supreme Champion with Reserve Supreme honors going to the Jersey, Pine Haven Ssm Marmie owned by the Sauder family of Tremont, Ill.

Supreme Champion of the Junior Show went to a different cow from the Sauder family, South Mountain Voltage Spice-ET. Reserve Supreme honors went to the Red and White, Ainger Advent Jessa-RED, with Britney Hill of Bristol, Vt. at the halter. Read more

The Grand Champion and Senior Champion of the 2011 International Holstein Show was Eastside Lewisdale Gold Missy. Missy was also a World Dairy Expo class winner in 2009 as well as Reserve Intermediate Champion that year. In November of 2009, Missy sold for $1.2 million in the Royal Sale for Morsan Farms. This winning 5 year old is owned by Morsan, Van Ruinen Dairy, Mark Butz, Georges Uebelhardt, and Gert Andreasen of Alberta, Canada.